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Mortality in Dravet syndrome.
Epilepsy research - 1 Dec 2016
Cooper Monica S, Mcintosh Anne, Crompton Douglas E, McMahon Jacinta M, Schneider Amy, Farrell Kevin, Ganesan Vijeya, Gill Deepak, Kivity Sara, Lerman-Sagie Tally, McLellan Ailsa, Pelekanos James, Ramesh Venkateswaran, Sadleir Lynette, Wirrell Elaine, Scheffer Ingrid E
Abstract excerpt
We measured the mortality rate and the rate of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) in Dravet Syndrome (DS). We studied a cohort of 100 consecutively recruited, unrelated patients with DS; 87 had SCN1A mutations. Living cases had a median follow-up of 17 years. Seventeen patients died, at a median age of seven years (inter-quartile range 3-11 years) with causes of death: 10 SUDEP, four status epilepticus,...
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